ESSA State and Local Report Cards Non-Regulatory Guidance ...

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Under the Congressional Review Act, Congress has passed, and the President has signed, a resolution of

disapproval of the accountability and State plans final regulations that were published on November 29,

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EVERY STUDENT SUCCEEDS ACT

STATE AND LOCAL REPORT CARDS

NON-REGULATORY GUIDANCE

January 2017

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Contents

PURPOSE OF THE GUIDANCE ............................................................................................................... 3

A.

STATE AND LEA REPORT CARD CATEGORY TABLE ....................................................... 4

B.

GENERAL INFORMATION ............................................................................................................ 6

C.

SEA RESPONSIBILITIES ................................................................................................................14

D.

LEA RESPONSIBILITIES ................................................................................................................20

F.

REPORTING STATE ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM INFORMATION ............................26

G.

REPORTING ON USE OF SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT FUNDS UNDER ESEA

SECTION 1003 ...................................................................................................................................33

H.

REPORTING DATA FROM THE CRDC ....................................................................................35

I.

REPORTING ON EDUCATOR QUALIFICATIONS ..............................................................41

J.

REPORTING PER-PUPIL EXPENDITURES ............................................................................43

K.

REPORTING STATE PERFORMANCE ON NAEP ................................................................51

L.

REPORTING POSTSECONDARY ENROLLMENT RATES FOR EACH HIGH

SCHOOL ..............................................................................................................................................53

APPENDICES¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­...68

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PURPOSE OF THE GUIDANCE

The Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA), as amended by the Every Student

Succeeds Act (ESSA),1 and implementing regulations maintain requirements for SEAs and LEAs to

prepare and disseminate report cards that provide information on State, LEA, and school

performance and progress in an understandable and uniform format. This guidance is intended to

assist SEAs and LEAs in implementing the report card requirements under Title I, Part A of the

ESEA and implementing regulations in 34 C.F.R. ¡ì¡ì 200.30 through 200.37. Although SEAs and

LEAs may consider this guidance in developing and disseminating report cards, an SEA or LEA is

free to develop alternative approaches and formats that are consistent with applicable Federal

statutes and regulations.

This guidance supersedes the U.S. Department of Education¡¯s (Department¡¯s) guidance entitled State

and Local Report Cards; Title I, Part A of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as Amended;

Non-Regulatory Guidance, issued on February 8, 2013, beginning with State and LEA report cards that

include information from the 2017-2018 school year. For more detailed information on

requirements for reporting high school graduation rates on State and LEA report cards under Title I

of the ESEA, see the document titled High School Graduation Rate Non-Regulatory Guidance

(January 2017) available at .

The Department has determined that this guidance is significant guidance under the Office of

Management and Budget¡¯s Final Bulletin for Agency Good Guidance Practices, 72 Fed. Reg. 3432

(Jan. 25, 2007). See sites/default/files/omb/memoranda/fy2007/m0707.pdf. Significant guidance is non-binding and does not create or impose new legal requirements.

SEAs and LEAs must comply with Federal civil rights laws that prohibit discrimination based on

race, color, national origin, sex, disability, and age. These laws include Title VI of the Civil Rights

Act of 1964, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Title II of the Americans with

Disabilities Act, the Equal Educational Opportunities Act, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of

1973 (Section 504), and the Age Discrimination Act of 1975.

If you are interested in commenting on this guidance, please email us your comment at

OESEGuidanceDocument@ or write to us at the following address:

U.S. Department of Education

Office of Elementary and Secondary Education

ATTN: Report Card Guidance

400 Maryland Avenue, S.W.

Washington, D.C. 20202

For further information about the Department¡¯s guidance processes, please visit

www2.policy/gen/guid/significant-guidance.html.

Throughout this document, unless otherwise indicated, citations to the ESEA refer to the ESEA, as

amended by the ESSA.

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A.

STATE AND LEA REPORT CARD CATEGORY TABLE

Report Card Category Table

To help readers understand and use this guidance, the following table provides an overview of the

categories of State and LEA report card requirements under Title I of the ESEA. For each category,

the table provides applicable statutory and regulatory citations and identifies questions in this

guidance in which the requirements are discussed in detail. Each category of requirements applies to

both State and LEA report cards.

Table 1. Categories of State and LEA Report Card Requirements under Title I of the ESEA

Category

Applicable Statute and Regulations

Relevant

Questions2

B-1 through B-5; B-8

through B-14; C-1 through

C-8; D-1 through D-4

Process and

general

requirements

ESEA section 1111(h)(1)-(2)

34 C.F.R. ¡ì¡ì 200.30-200.31

Overview

34 C.F.R. ¡ì 200.30(b)(2)

34 C.F.R. ¡ì 200.31(b)(2)

ESEA section 1111(h)(1)(C)(ii)

34 C.F.R. ¡ì 200.16(b)(4)(ii)

34 C.F.R. ¡ì 200.30(b)(2)(i)(A)

34 C.F.R. ¡ì 200.31(b)(2)(i)(A)

34 C.F.R. ¡ì 200.33(a)

ESEA section 1111(h)(1)(C)(vii)

34 C.F.R. ¡ì 200.33(c)

B-6, B-7

Extent of use of

alternate

assessments for

students with the

most significant

cognitive

disabilities

ESEA section 1111(b)(2)(D)

ESEA section 1111(h)(1)(C)(xi)

C-1and D-1

English language

proficiency of

English learners

ESEA section 1111(h)(1)(C)(iv)

34 C.F.R. ¡ì 200.30(b)(2)(ii)

34 C.F.R. ¡ì 200.31(b)(2)(i)(A)

C-1 and D-1

Student

achievement data

Percentages of

students

assessed/not

assessed (i.e.,

participation rates)

E-1 through E-10

E-1, E-2, E-8 through E-9

References are to the most significant questions but may not capture every question where a topic is

referenced.

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Category

Applicable Statute and Regulations

Relevant

Questions2

Performance on

other academic

indicator(s)(hereaft

er, the Academic

Progress indicator)

for schools that are

not high schools

ESEA section 1111(h)(1)(C)(iii)(I)

34 C.F.R. ¡ì 200.30(b)(2)(i)(B)

34 C.F.R. ¡ì 200.31(b)(2)(i)(A)

F-3

High school

graduation rates

ESEA section 1111(h)(1)(C)(iii)(II)

ESEA section 8101(23), (25) and

(43)

34 C.F.R. ¡ì 200.30(b)(2)(i)(C)

34 C.F.R. ¡ì 200.31(b)(2)(i)(A)

34 C.F.R. ¡ì 200.34

B-6; also see the document

titled High School

Postsecondary

enrollment rates

ESEA section 1111(h)(1)(C)(xiii)

34 C.F.R. ¡ì 200.36

L-1 through L-11

Data from the

Civil Rights Data

Collection (CRDC)

ESEA section 1111(h)(1)(C)(viii)

H-1 through H-14

Performance on

indicator(s) of

School Quality or

Student Success

ESEA section 1111(h)(1)(C)(v)

34 C.F.R. ¡ì 200.32(c)(4)

F-3

Progress toward

State-designed

long-term goals

and measurements

of interim progress

ESEA section 1111(h)(1)(C)(vi)

34 C.F.R. ¡ì 200.33(b)

E-1

Educator

qualifications

I-1 through I-6

Per-pupil

expenditures

ESEA section 1111(h)(1)(C)(ix)

34 C.F.R. ¡ì 200.37

34 CFR ¡ì 299.18(c)(5)

ESEA section 1111(h)(1)(C)(x)

34 C.F.R. ¡ì 200.35

State performance

on NAEP

ESEA section 1111(h)(1)(C)(xii)

34 C.F.R. ¡ì 200.11

K-1 through K-7

Information on

school

improvement

funds under ESEA

section 1003 (State

report cards only)

ESEA section 1003(i)

G-1 through G4

Charter school

comparison data,

as applicable (State

report cards only)

34 C.F.R. ¡ì 200.30(a)(2)(ii)

C-3

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Graduation Rate NonRegulatory Guidance

(January 2017) available at



/elsec/leg/essa/index.html

J-1 through J-13

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